To put it simply, this was the crux of the problem. Unless City High made an exception this year and offered Jiang Chan a generous scholarship so that she would develop a sense of belonging to the school, there was no guarantee she would not transfer to another school.
“I have to bring this up with the principal. A good seedling like Jiang Chan must not be handed over cheaply to another school.” The little old physics teacher had a quick temper. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He hurriedly rushed toward the principal’s office.
Seeing the physics teacher leave, the math teacher nudged the politics teacher. “Not bad. As expected from someone who teaches politics. Your scheming is really something. You directly got the little old physics teacher to go find the principal.”
The politics teacher raised his eyebrows. “The principal is his nephew. If he does not go, who will? Besides, the topic was first brought up by the Chinese teacher. I only pushed it along a bit. Don’t you like a student like Jiang Chan?”
“Of course we like her. She saves us worry and effort. There is basically nothing for us to worry about.” The other teachers were all very enthusiastic and surrounded the main character of the topic with all kinds of praise.
“I think this girl will definitely have a good future. When she succeeds later, I can proudly say that she was once my proud student.”
“Hahaha, it will not be your turn to claim her as your proud student. Her Chinese, math, and English teachers are all sitting right here. I think she will definitely choose science in the future. I just do not know who will benefit from it.”
“Who says that? Jiang Chan’s humanities subjects are also very good. She develops evenly and is not biased toward any subject.” The geography teacher became a little anxious and shouted loudly.
“That is not how that phrase is used. You should just go look at your maps and study your ocean currents.” The Chinese teacher pushed up his glasses. His tone was not polite at all.
He had no intention of joining the teachers’ argument. Whether Jiang Chan chose science or humanities, Chinese would always be indispensable. Speaking of it, Jiang Chan really was very worry free, especially that composition of hers.
Thinking of this, the Chinese teacher took out Jiang Chan’s previous essays again and began reading them slowly. Perhaps because she had written a lot of classical prose in her first life, most of Jiang Chan’s compositions were written in a semi-classical style.
However, her modern prose was not bad either. It could be said that she developed in a balanced and comprehensive way. The Chinese teacher had specially collected all of Jiang Chan’s past compositions. Whenever he had time, he would read them.
Later, after Jiang Chan became famous, this collection of her three years of high school compositions gathered by the Chinese teacher was offered at an extremely high price. The Chinese teacher never sold it and kept it in his own hands the entire time.
Seeing that the Chinese teacher was not participating in the discussion, the math teacher pursed his lips. “Looking at Jiang Chan’s essays again? Look at how you treasure that thing. You even made a small booklet for it.”
In his opinion, only the Chinese teacher had such leisure. By now, there were already more than a dozen essays in that booklet. Most of them were cut from exam papers, and some were in-class writing assignments.
The Chinese teacher slowly turned a page. “Her essays are well written. Every time I read them, I feel something different. Enough talking. Do not disturb me.”
Jiang Chan left the office as effortlessly as a passing breeze and returned to the classroom, leaving the teachers to continue their discussion.
Second High and several other schools had indeed taken a fancy to Jiang Chan. After all, she was only in her first year of high school and had already achieved such results. By the time she reached the second year, would she not explode with achievements?
If they could recruit such a promising seedling to their own school, the school would become famous afterward. Therefore, those schools had all sent special representatives to contact Jiang Chan.
However, Jiang Chan was very hard to find. She rarely left campus, and they could not enter City High’s school gates. No matter how generous their conditions were, they had to meet her first.
Before they could even reach Jiang Chan, City High’s decision came down. City High had long been an excellent and prestigious school. The principal had only taken office this year and was eager to produce results.
Naturally he had heard of Jiang Chan’s name. He also knew her personally, because Jiang Chan had twice received scholarships from his hands.
The little old physics teacher was his uncle. Without that connection, the old man would have been at home growing flowers and teasing birds. How could he have been rehired by the school?
After hearing Jiang Chan’s conditions, the principal waved his hand. Was it not just scholarships and financial assistance? Give them, give a lot of them. City High did not have many things, but money was not lacking!
At the same time, the principal explained to Jiang Chan that if she could obtain a ranking in the finals, the scholarship would be 50,000 yuan. If she entered the national team, it would be 100,000 yuan. If she achieved a breakthrough and won first prize in the national competition, the scholarship would directly double.
Jiang Chan was delighted when she heard this. This was basically giving her money. Of course she had to sign this agreement. The main point of the agreement was that Jiang Chan would study at City High for all three years of high school and would not transfer to another school.
To be honest, if Jiang Chan had to leave City High, she would be reluctant. The teachers treated her very well and taught her carefully. Her dormitory roommates were also very kind and had never even quarreled with her.
After learning that Jiang Chan had signed the agreement, the other schools had no choice but to give up. She had already decided to stay at City High and shine for the school. What else could they do?
Helping someone in need was better than adding flowers to brocade. Everyone let out a long breath. Since ancient times, outstanding talents often came from poor families. Perhaps in the future they should also pay special attention to students from impoverished backgrounds.
After signing the agreement, City High immediately transferred 50,000 yuan to Jiang Chan. They even refunded the tuition she had paid when she first enrolled. It was all to strengthen Jiang Chan’s sense of belonging to City High.
Jiang Chan’s finances immediately became much more relaxed. She now had about 80,000 yuan in total. With this, she would not need to worry about living expenses for the next three years.
If she achieved a ranking in the competition, she would not need to worry about her living expenses for several years. Life at the orphanage could also become better.
After receiving the 50,000 yuan scholarship, Jiang Chan did not spend a single cent. She gave all of it to the orphanage. An An and Kang Kang both needed surgery. Relying only on the money earned from the barbecue stall, it would probably take a long time to save enough.
Now that Jiang Chan had money, it was better to arrange the surgeries for the two children as soon as possible. However, Kang Kang’s surgery was not a small expense. The initial surgery fee plus the later recovery costs were conservatively estimated to be around 500,000 yuan.
Jiang Chan’s small amount of money was only a drop in the bucket. Thinking of the scholarship the school had promised, Jiang Chan bit her lip and took out the competition textbooks again. Although she had confidence in herself, one careless mistake could still ruin everything.
Wen Jing and the others watched Jiang Chan still working through practice problems and exchanged glances. She was already first in the entire grade and still studying so seriously. They should also work hard. After all, there was no shortcut to success. One had to stay grounded and take it step by step.
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Thanks for the chapter!